Quique Sánchez Flores has made a team. The best Sevilla of the season defeated a weak Granada, practically sending them to the Second Division. There are 11 points that separate the Granada team from salvation with 12 to play. Furthermore, the feelings that the team gives off are evident despite the boost that came with the arrival of José Ramón Sandoval to their bench. Too late for a group that gave in in the second half, when this good Sevilla passed over them until they beat them. And many more could have fallen. An excellent Sevilla, one of the best of the season, against this Granada that will go to the Second Division and that has no choice but to reinvent itself. Let’s see what project the Chinese ownership of the club now presents after erratic and deficient management. Sevilla must be clear about it. Quique got him out of the hole and has built a reliable and serious team. Too much time was wasted with the signing of Diego Alonso, who did not win a single League game in the eight he coached. This Seville is something else. Not only did he confirm permanence with this victory, it gives the impression that the League has fallen short to fight for other objectives.
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Ørjan Haskjold Nyland, Kike Salas, Loic Bade, Sergio Ramos, Marcos Acuña, Boubakary Soumare (Joan Jordán, min. 89), Lucien Agoume, Jesús Navas, Lucas Ocampos (Hannibal Mejbri, min. 83), En-Nesyri (Alejo Véliz , min. 83) and Lamela (Lukebakio, min. 74)
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Augusto Batalla, Carlos Neva, Miguel Rubio, Miquel, Bruno Méndez, Sergio Ruiz (Hongla, min. 62), Gumbau (Gonzalo Villar, min. 77), Jozwiak, Pellistri (Theo Corbeanu, min. 86), Lucas Boyé (Óscar Melendo, min. 77) and Douglas Arezo (Myrto Uzuni, min. 62)
Goals 1-0 min. 11: Marcos Acuña. 2-0 min. 51: En-Nesyri. 3-0 min. 79: Lukebakio.
Referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer
Yellow cards Sergio Ruiz (min. 37), Miguel Rubio (min. 53), Lucas Ocampos (min. 72) and Loic Bade (min. 92)
Navas and Acuña were protagonists of a great Sevilla. Now, their performance has dropped, but they are still great footballers. They are the remains of what was an empire, a Sevilla that chained one Champions League qualification after another. With these two very valuable footballers and without the anxiety of fighting for relegation, the team led by Quique beat a Granada that more than demonstrated why it is the worst visitor in the First Division, with almost both feet in the Second Division. A pass from Navas to the far post, very well finished off by Acuña with a header, resulted in the home team’s first goal, surpassing the first half hour thanks to the appearances of their two wingers.
Granada is a very weak team, especially where it is convenient to be stronger, in the areas. Sandoval has cleared the heads of his soccer players. To stay in First Division after so much accumulated ballast, much more is needed. Above all, efficiency and wickedness in the rival area. Neither Arezo on two occasions nor Boyé, wasting a clear counterattack, had the necessary clarity to be decisive in the elite. Dwarfed in attack, Sevilla, with little football, was able to dominate the match with its wingers without too much trouble.
Sevilla played a magnificent second half. Footballers like Ramos, Soumaré, Ocampos and Lamela joined the good game of Navas and Acuña. Granada soon received the second goal, in a brilliant counter by Ocampos that En-Nesyri finished off (13 goals in the League). A magnificent play, which recalled other times in Nervión, when Sevilla was unbeatable. The Granada collapsed, without the strength to stop what came at it. Lukebakio scored the third, beautifully done, but many more could have arrived because the dominance of the best Sevilla of the course was absolute. In the Pizjuán party there was even time for players like Hannibal, Véliz or even Jordán to enjoy minutes. Sevilla’s joy contrasted with the sadness of Granada that is going to Second. It was the main conclusion of a clean and incident-free regional derby.
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